Jerry Straka

Jerry Michael Straka is an American atmospheric scientist with expertise microphysics of clouds, cloud modeling, and dynamics of severe convection in conjunction with weather radar. He was in leadership roles in both the VORTEX projects and subsequent field research focusing on tornadogenesis.[1]

Jerry Michael Straka
Straka (center), Bob Davies-Jones (left), and Erik Rasmussen (right) during Project VORTEX on 14 April 1994.
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (B.S., 1984; M.S., 1986)
University of Wisconsin–Madison (Ph.D., 1989)
Known forSevere convective storm field research and numerical modeling, model development, cloud and precipitation physics and observations, development and deployment of mobile mesonets and mobile Doppler radars
Scientific career
FieldsMeteorology
InstitutionsUniversity of Oklahoma
ThesisHail Growth in a Highly Glaciated Central High Plains Multi-cellular Hailstorm (1989)
Doctoral advisorPao K. Wang
Other academic advisorsRobert Ballentine
Doctoral studentsPaul Markowski

Straka earned a B.S. and M.S. in 1984 and 1986, respectively, from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. His masters dissertation was: A Mesoscale Numerical Study of Environmental Conditions Preceding the 08 June 1984 Tornado Outbreak over South Central Wisconsin. Straka earned a Ph.D. in meteorology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1989 with the doctoral dissertation: Hail Growth in a Highly Glaciated Central High Plains Multi-cellular Hailstorm. He is a professor at the University of Oklahoma in Norman.[2]

See also

References
  1. VORTEX2 Team
  2. Jerry M. Straka
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